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Example of javascript templating using {placeholders}. No framework, just pure js.
<html>
<body>
<!-- Adapted from http://codoki.com/2015/09/01/native-javascript-templating/ -->
<!-- Implemented Marcos Correia's suggestion - refer to article comments -->
<ul id="list"></ul>
<script id="my-template" type="x-template">
<span class="movie-name">{name}</span>:
<span class="movie-rating">{rating}</span>
</script>
<script>
// Simple array of movies
var movies = [
{ "name" : "Inception", "rating": "4" },
{ "name" : "Goodfellas", "rating": "5" },
{ "name" : "Fight Club", "rating": "4" },
];
// Loop through the movie array and append each list item
movies.forEach(function(movie) {
// get template from tag
var template = document.getElementById("my-template").innerHTML;
// replace placeholders with values from movie object
for (var key in movie) {
template = template.replace (new RegExp("{"+key+"}", 'g'), movie[key]);
}
// add to the list
el = document.createElement('li');
el.innerHTML = template;
document.getElementById("list").appendChild(el);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
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